Language Tree SB 1

Unit 3

Unit 4 A Special Dog

Listen up! Listen to your teacher. Answer the questions. 1 What day is the school fair? 2 What time does it begin? 3 Name two things that will be happening. Reading Read the title . Look at the illustration. What do you think this story will be about? A Special Dog

Candice made a toy dog. She took it to the school fair. “I made a toy dog,” she said. “His name is Rex. We can sell Rex at the fair.”

Beginning

Miss Hall said, “Rex is very nice but we will not sell him.”

middle

Candice looked unhappy.

1 What did Candice make? 2 Where did she take it? 3 Who is Miss Hall? 4 What do you think will happen next?

• Listen up! Read aloud the text from Listening Texts on page 123. • Reading: Pupils are asked to make predictions in Question 4. When they have read more of the story ask the class if anyone predicted correctly. • Point out the word ‘unhappy’ and cover the prefix ‘un’. Ask what word is left. Ask if pupils know other words beginning with ‘un’ (unfair, unusual). Can they guess what ‘un’ means? • Question 3: We are not told who Miss Hall is. Pupils have to infer the answer from the context .

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